From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14344 invoked by alias); 16 Nov 2001 19:51:47 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 14249 invoked from network); 16 Nov 2001 19:51:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO cygnus.com) (205.180.230.5) by sourceware.cygnus.com with SMTP; 16 Nov 2001 19:51:44 -0000 Received: from loony.cygnus.com (loony.cygnus.com [205.180.230.181]) by runyon.cygnus.com (8.8.7-cygnus/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA24966 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 11:51:42 -0800 (PST) Received: (from cgf@localhost) by loony.cygnus.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) id fAGJpkk17908 for cygwin@cygwin.com; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:51:46 -0500 Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 08:26:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: new site for my ports is up Message-ID: <20011116195146.GQ17035@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <3BF2D797.B0481987@ece.gatech.edu> <20011114211942.GB9636@redhat.com> <1119104841.20011114224550@familiehaase.de> <3BF2F6AD.726DB93E@ece.gatech.edu> <20011115100549.A1695@kahikatea.pohutukawa.gen.nz> <3BF450CE.1010706@ece.gatech.edu> <20011116005111.GA12669@redhat.com> <012f01c16e47$caa83840$578208d2@itdomain.net.au> <20011116025136.GB13802@redhat.com> <009401c16e5f$9d7d0810$0200a8c0@lifelesswks> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <009401c16e5f$9d7d0810$0200a8c0@lifelesswks> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23.1i X-SW-Source: 2001-11/txt/msg00458.txt.bz2 On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 04:29:07PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: > >=== >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Christopher Faylor" >To: >Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 1:51 PM >Subject: Re: new site for my ports is up > > >> On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 01:38:32PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: >>>My 2c on the layout - package letter based make s more sense to me. >>>(It allows finding a package via ftp without knowing the category.) >> >>Are you saying that I should have a list like "A" and put ash >>underneath that? "B" gets binutils? Yuck. > >No. Crossed wires here. The conversation I recall was rearranging the >directories in the ftp site. Ah! Sorry about that. The idea of putting things under categories was something that I originally proposed but I wasn't entirely sure that it was ok. I wonder if we shouldn't just dispense with any hierarchy at all and put all of the packages in their own subdirectory, like ftp.gnu.org? cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/